No awful pics for me. I got my fill of that watching video of people jumping off the top stories of the WTC, plummeting to the earth, and then hearing audio of their impact. That made me physically ill at the time.

What happened yesterday in Boston was awful, one of the most awful things in my memory, but the more I've been watching the footage on the news, the more I look for the people going in to help, and I still haven't stopped finding new people. I saw a shot of two National Guardsmen, a Boston PD officer, and what looks like a "regular" spectator working together to clear a way to get to injured people and get them help. That is what is sticking in my mind most right now, those men working together, despite (by the looks of it) neither of the 4 different people knowing each other beforehand. (I'd guess the Guardsmen knew each other, but that's it) That is what I will choose to remember, that is what I wish America could be, all the time, and I find it incredibly unfortunate that it takes things like this to bring that out in people. Finding out about the child victims is really disheartening, and some of the images of the victims make me cringe, and others just make me incredibly upset. Those of you who are feeling down, look instead to the heroes helping people, and have your faith in humanity restored.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."

there were initial stories that people chased him down because he was fleeing along with the throngs of others. it might've been the ny post though..

carlos arrendondo's account shortly after. he's clearly still in a state of shock.

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Arredondo's story appears equally dramatic and harrowing. He was reportedly waiting at the finish to greet a runner who was competing in the race in memory of his son, Alexander Arredondo, a lance corporal in the US marines who was killed by a sniper in 2004 in Iraq. Carlos Arredondo, a self-employed handyman, reacted to the news by attempting to set fire to himself inside a van, suffering severe burns.

He subsequently became a peace campaigner, in part in remembrance of his son. A 2007 New York Times story recounted how Arredondo took a pickup truck around the country, carrying a flag-draped coffin and photos and mementos of Alexander, including a football and his Winnie the Pooh toy. "As long as there are marines fighting and dying in Iraq, I'm going to share my mourning with the American people," he told the paper.

In December 2011, Alexander's younger brother Brian, then 24, who had become depressed after the first family tragedy and begun using drugs, killed himself.

Video footage shot after the blasts shows Arredondo, still gripping the blood-soaked flag, shaking in shock as he describes the scene to people on the street. He said the apparent cause of the blast was an improvised explosive device.

there were initial stories that people chased him down because he was fleeing along with the throngs of others. it might've been the ny post though..

He was probably running away from the explosions just like many others before someone decided that he must obviously be the culprit. In related news, the apartment that was searched based on a tip belonged to another Saudi, who himself also had nothing to do with the attack.

He was probably running away from the explosions just like many others before someone decided that he must obviously be the culprit. In related news, the apartment that was searched based on a tip belonged to another Saudi, who himself also had nothing to do with the attack.

It seems too disorganized to be terrorists maybe its just me. I don't know if that makes things better or worse.

Somebody with some sort of ####edup agenda for sure.

I don't get the whole do we call it terrosim or don't we thing. If the perp isn't targeting an individual for some sort of personal reason then yeah it's terrorism. Not suring labeling something is going to make anyone feel any better.

There are other reasons why stuff is or isn't officially called terrorism. What you call the attack can have an effect on military response, military commendations for deaths, injuries, and heroic action, and insurance liabilities. It's not only to illicit a response out of people (though for the media is often is).

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Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.